Agitator for washing machines



S. BECK.

AGITATOR FOR. WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED Nov 22, 1920.

1,415,768. Patented May 9.1922.

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INVENTOR ATTORN EY g J Simon Beck 8. BECK.

AGHATOR FOB WASHING MACHRNES.

APPLXCATION FILED NOV: 22. 1920.-

1,415,768. Patentfd 925222.

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INVENTQR ATTORNEY WITNBS! i of the United States,

PATENT OFFICE.

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AGITATOR FOR. WASHING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922.

Application fl1ed November 2:3, 1920. Serial No. 425,887.

To allwlzomz'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON Been, a citizen residing at Bathdrum, in thecounty of Kootenai and State of Idaho, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Agitators for l/Vashing Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

My present invention has reference to washing machines, and isparticularly directed to the dashers or agitators therefor.

The primary object is the provision oi an agitator on which the clothesto be washed are suspended and which is so supported on the machine andconnected with means that permit a rocking motion thereto so that theclothes are swept through the water in the tub and cleansed in an easyand expeditious A further object is the production of a dasher oragitator for washing machines that has integralmeans for supportingclothes to be washed thereon, and removable means engaged by saidintegral means for positively retaining the clothes on the latter duringthe operation of the dasher or agitator.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of. theinvention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction,combination and oper ative arrangement of parts, such as is illus tratedby the drawings. 1

In the drawings t Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing machinehaving a dasher or agitator constructed in accordance with thisinvention, parts being broken away and parts be ing in section.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the dasher, with the removable rodarranged between the jaw members for retaining the clothes on thedasher.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the tub portion of the washerto which my improvement is attached. In the showing of the drawings thetub is in the nature of a rectangular member and rests on a suitablesupport such as a bench 2.

Secured to the upper edges of the tub is a cover 2 provided with arectangular opening adapted to be closed by a door 3, hinged, as at 4and latched as at 5.

Passing through suitable elongated openings in the door or cover 3 arethe parallel arms 7 which constitute the side members of theimprovement. The members 7 are provided with spherical enlargements 8that are received in suitable bearings 9 on the under face of the door3. The parallel members 7 have inwardly directed portions 10 throughwhich extend depending portions 11. The portions 11 may, below theirjuncture with the parts 10, be arranged at a slight inward inclinationand are rounded outwardly upon themselves, and from thence continuedupwardly, as at 12, and further rounded upon themselves, as at 11. Theportions 12, at the juncture of the rounded portion 11 are substantiallystraight so that the same spaced from the straight portions of theextensions 11. The rounded portions 11 are continued downwardly in astraight line and from thence inclined outwardly, having their endsrounded inwardly, as at 12 and from thence inclined upwardly in oppositedirections to the parts 12 and have their ends substantially straightand round ed similar to the parts 11. These elements comprise inner andouter spring jaws between which the clothes to be washed are arranged,and the clothese are held between the jaws by a rod member 13. The jawsbeing constructed of metal exert a tension toward each other, and theconstruction be ing round in cross section will not inflict injury tothe clothes. Also the employment of the rod is optional, but clothes maybe suspended directly upon the rod, if desired.

The agitator is thus in the nature of a frame, and the outer end of theside members or arms 7 are provided with bearings for a transverse rod6. To the ends of the rods 6 there are pivotally connected the eyes onthe ends oi arched arms 14. These arms are connected together, as at 15,and on the connecting element is a revoluble handle 16. By thisarrangement, the agitator frame may be rocked on its bearings 8 so thatthe clothes suspended therefrom will be effectively brought into contactwith the washing fluld in the tub, and thus readily cleansed.

Connected to the rod 6 is a ball head on one end of a pitman rod 17.

Journaled in upright bearings 19 on the top of the tub is a transverseshaft having a central crank portion 18, and to the said crank portionthe second end of the pitman rod 17 is loosely connected. On one end ofprising a pair of spaced inclined parallel loops provided with verticaltips, an oppositely disposed inclined loop extending upwardly from theinner ends of the spaced loops and having a vertical tip disposed in aplane parallel to the tips of the spaced loops, a pair of parallel armsextending upwardly :trom the outer ends of the spaced loops, providedwith inclined intermediate portions and having spherical enlargementsadjacent to the inclined portions thereof.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

SIMON BECK.

